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Plant Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DEACETYLISOLAVTRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
DELTA-BISABOLENE 0 Root 8.0 150.0 not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-VALENE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYDODIDROVALTRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIDROVALTRATE 0 Root 50.0 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIDROVALTRATE 0 Tissue Culture not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROVALEPOTRIATUM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROVALTRATE 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL 2 Leaf 3.0 36.0 -1.05 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ELEMOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1400.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 2300.0 28000.0 1.45 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root 590.0 20000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EREMOPHILENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EREMOPHILENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Lung) 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 4 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 6 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 17 Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *